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- 04 Apr 2008
- What Do You Think?
Who Owns Intellectual Property?
Naeem puts much the same sentiment this way: " ... there has to be a defining identity that uniquely defines that idea ... if you do create something, you do own it, until you decide to do otherwise ...." To the degree that View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 06 Feb 2006
- What Do You Think?
Should CEOs of Public Companies Offer Earnings Guidance?
amounts of internal energy go to 'making the quarter return' rather than serving the customer and building the future. Why did quarter returns develop in the first place?" Bill Hubbell added, "The market has many mechanisms to... View Details
- 11 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Cheap, Fast, and In Control: How Tech Aids Innovation
product and service development is changing; creating the potential for higher R&D performance, innovation, and value creation for customers. The choice is simple: Organizations can either ignore these changes or take action and tap... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild
- 18 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
Alumni Career Journey: Ben Schutzman (MBA 2016) - Driving Positive Impact on Community and Climate
to supporting municipalities through the life of their assets and relationship with Highland. It’s a complex job, but immensely rewarding job to balance the cost control at the backend, while still delivering an exceptional service to our... View Details
- 11 Feb 2008
- Research & Ideas
Does Democracy Need a Marketing Manager?
services to citizens can institute service improvements and metrics modeled after those in the private sector. They can call on social marketers to aid in communicating with View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Action Plan: Finding Fluency
don’t think we’re ever going to go back to the world of 16-week planning cycles.” How to: Find New Customers Look nearby. “Think about adjacent categories for your company,” Dunaway advises. Duolingo has launched Duolingo ABC to teach... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Outtakes with Russ Wilcox
as well as customer service.” What’s on his Kindle: Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell; the Boston Globe; the Wall Street Journal. Why we’re in trouble: “With BlackBerries and instant messaging (IM), we live in a twitch society. People are... View Details
- 24 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Why Small Businesses Deserve More Credit
these firms.” You Might Also Like: Reading the Financial Crisis Warning Signs: Credit Markets and the 'Red-Zone' What Does the Failure of Silicon Valley Bank Say About the State of Finance? Are Banks the ‘Bad Guys’? Overdraft Fees Are Crushing Low-Income View Details
- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
with the challenges of scaling up as well as huge opportunities in managing rapid growth. These countries also provide an innovation platform to justify tailoring and inventing products and services just for them. Khanna: Think about... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 Aug 2022
- News
Hungry for Change
yes, coffee) and snacks (brownie “energy bites” and trail mix with almonds, walnuts, raisins, and dates). All ingredients are organic, vegan, and gluten-free. They are grown mainly in the United States, and most products come in compostable packaging (with a return... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Ask the Expert: Auto Pilot
automotive company Aptiv for the first autonomous commercial rollout in 2018. To date, customers have logged about 25,000 driverless rides and awarded them an average of 4.94 out of 5 stars. (A human pilot and copilot tag along, both to... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Peter C. Wendell
hundred U.S. automakers, and look at how few there are now. Innovation and Darwinism have always gone hand in hand. But the information-driven economy is here to stay. Every organization is focused on how it can deliver services... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
A View from the Top
sector of the Philippine economy. For Sir Martin Sorrell (MBA ’68), it was “bringing up three boys who we couldn’t figure out how to turn into girls.” As group chief executive of WPP Group plc, one of the world’s largest advertising and marketing View Details
- 25 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cyber-Marketing: Scouting the Digital Communications Frontier
already-low cost of digital communications declines toward zero, the Web's radical interactivity presents new challenges to marketers, who must now learn how to build and sustain intimate customer relationships on a far larger scale than... View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs
- 10 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution
brick and clicks are Home Depot and Pet Smart. What did Home Depot do right? Rajiv Lal: Home Depot thought about the challenges facing their business very strategically. They've gone category by category and asked: What is the best way to View Details
- 15 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
Prepare for Your Interview with Research
the most recent products or services launched by the company? ABI/Proquest and Nexis are two article databases with powerful search interfaces that allow you to dig deeply into a company’s activities and events. Key Players in the... View Details
- 30 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Market Makers Bid for Success
of FairMarket, which provides online auction services for a variety of merchant and community sites. Meakem is the founder and CEO of FreeMarkets, which creates business-to-business online auctions for industrial parts and suppliers.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Up Against The Firewall
organization.” In the MBA and Executive Education programs, Austin teaches a case he coauthored (with Larry Leibrock and Alan Murray) called “The iPremier Co.: Denial of Service Attack.” Raising the kinds of questions and dilemmas cited... View Details
- 24 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 24, 2009
economies. Consistent with the presence of network effects in IFRS adoption, we find that a country is more likely to adopt IFRS if other countries in its geographical region are IFRS adopters. (No PDF is available.) Cases & Course MaterialsBasic Techniques for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Ron Shaich’s Café Society
is meant to be the kind of place where people want to hang out, talk, or get some work done, and we encourage them to do so. What aspect of Panera most excites you? We’ve gotten all sorts of awards for the quality of our bread. We have also been recognized as having... View Details